#8A2F23#8A2F23

#8A2F23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.127 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2F23
RGB	rgb(138, 47, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 38.04, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 47.39, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.1092 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.127 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8024, 7.5593, 2.4274)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2F23 #237E8A

analogous

#8A234B #8A2F23 #8A6323

triadic

#8A2F23 #238A2F #2F238A

tetradic

#8A2F23 #4B8A23 #237E8A #63238A

square

#8A2F23 #4B8A23 #237E8A #63238A

split-complementary

#8A2F23 #238A63 #234B8A

monochromatic

#280E0A #591E17 #8A2F23 #BB402F #D46354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8A2F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A2F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2F23

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2F23	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 47, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.127 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c5e',
    500: '#8a2f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2f23;
$custom-light: #b36c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.99,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43735,
    "c": 0.12657,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2F23

secondary

#51ACB7

accent

#D0E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2F23

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